NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 13, T113N, R16 W, 5TH P.M.
Statement of Evidence:
November 1853: E.S. Norris,
the U.S. Deputy Surveyor, set a post for the corner and marked four burr oak
bearing trees.
March 1897: William Danforth
Jr., Surveyor, made a survey for a road between the townships of Welch and
Burnside. The plat of the survey indicates
he began at the corner. There is no indication
of the type of monument in place.
May 1924: A.E. Rhame, the Goodhue County Surveyor, made
survey no. 534, which is recorded in Survey Record Book No. 1 on page 345. The plat of the survey indicates he set a
long iron on line with a fence. He
obtained testimony that the fence was put on line with an old stone, but both
Mr. Benson and Mr. Magnuson testified the stone was plowed up.
June 1927: A.E. Rhame, the Goodhue
County Surveyor, made surveys no. 771 and 772 which are recorded in Survey
Record Book No. 1 on page 447. The plat
of the survey indicates he began at the corner which is described as an iron
and stone.
March 1968: Curtis Benson,
the Goodhue County Surveyor, made a search for the corner at the intersection
of an east-west road and a road to the north.
Mr. Benson testified that he found an iron pipe monument in place and
set a cast iron monument over the found iron pipe.
May 1974: Harry Johnson, RLS
5065, made a search for the corner and found the cast iron monument set by Mr.
Benson in 1968 at the intersection of the east-west road with a fence to the south. In September, 1974, Mr. Johnson filed a
Certificate of Location of Government Corner on the found cast iron monument.
March 1983: David Johnson,
RLS 12788, made a survey in the adjoining Section 12. Mr. Johnson’s Certificate of Survey No. 735
indicates he found and used the cast iron monument.
August 1984: Dennis Robinson,
the Assistant to the Goodhue County Surveyor, made a search for the corner and
found the cast iron monument in place as described in the Certificate of
Location filed by Harry Johnson. Because
there was no record of an excavation for the stone referred to in 1924, the
cast iron monument was removed and an excavation made at that location. The 1 ˝ inch iron pipe found by Mr. Benson
was found and at 6 feet below the road surface a 5 ˝ inch by 5 ˝ inch by 12
inch stone was found with a 12 inch by 16 inch by 4 inch thick flat rock on top
as a guard. A
An analysis of the record and field
data indicates the found stone monument is the one referred to in Survey No.
534 by A.E. Rhame. The distance between
the corner and the east quarter corner of Section 12 of 2637.56 feet agrees
well with the distance shown by William Danforth Jr., in his 1897 survey of
2636 feet. Therefore, the found stone
monument is accepted as the best evidence of the Original Public Land Survey
Corner which is marked and perpetuated by the
July 1991: Dennis Robinson, Goodhue
County Deputy Surveyor, found a cast iron monument as noted on the above
Certificate of Location. New ties were
taken due to a road construction project.
September 1992: Dennis Robinson, Goodhue County Deputy Surveyor, set a Goodhue County telespar monument at location on ties from July 1991.